> Kinda like fixing a car, sure you could try on your own, but often the best results are obtained by taking the problem to a professional.
Evidently you didn't know, but THE UTAH GOVERNMENT IS NOT RUN BY COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS!
If these people refuse to learn anything new and still want their traffic filtered, they can pay someone to install software for them. If they don't want to do that and still let their kids on the Internet, they either don't care what the kids see, or they are irresponsible parents, should be sterilized and have their children put into responsible homes. You say, "who are you to judge whether a parent is irresponsible or not?" Who the hell are you (or Utah, for that matter) to make a totally subjective, and exploitable, list of "offensive" websites?
Cool, If you do find something for Linux, let me know too. I like linux, but have to keep windows for basically just music.
I am currently designing my friend's site, which will eventually be Rhymezilla.com, and my music will end up being hosted there instead of (in addition to?) soundclick. Might be a few months tho... RZ is the one who showed me how to use ACID to begin with.
> You have to admit that eventually though also religion is self correcting too.
WHAT??? Religion is about unchanging absolutes, it is not supposed to change. If your religion is the one true religion ("true" being the key word), how can it have changed at all, even after 2000 years?
Awesome, thanks. I'm glad to know someone has heard my music besides my friends.
Re: Trip to the Jungle; not a bad idea, I have to rerecord the vocals anyway. They currently sound a little too separate from the song for my tastes, and an effect might smooth it out a bit. It was the second rap I ever wrote (the first being Nook's Rap), so it wasn't my best performance.
I use Sony's ACID Pro 5, which is a looper (maybe it's called a tracker, I forget which is which). I used it to make all the songs there, and once you get used to it, you can make simple stuff real fast. If you heard ABNS, that took me about 5 minutes to make the music... obviously, the lyrics didn't take much longer either:)
A problem, however, is that you need to find some loops, which can get annoying, especially if you want some instruments, like a sax or trumpet or something. Luckily, ACID has its own MIDI tracker with included instruments, so you can make tunes with that. I'm just not very proficient with MIDI, so I only use a very little bit. Most of the WAVs you can find are whacked-out techno drum loops. If you are willing to throw down a few dollars, there are quite a few loop collections, such as Fruity Loops. If yer a pirate (Arrr), you can find some on P2P. I've heard LimeWire has some of the FruityLoops collections on it. I tried KaZaA with minimal success, so I just bought a couple CDs (they're pretty cheap, less than $10 each and they have a lot of files).
If you want to sound like Atari Teenage Riot, it's the perfect program: just lay some random tracks and set it to 200 beats per minute. It'll be indistinguishable from the real thing.:)
For effects and editing, I use Cool Edit Pro 4, which is pretty nice sound editor. There's probably something better, but CEP is way more than enough for my needs (except I could do with more FX filters), and the interface is good.
My only big suggestion is that if you plan on singing/whatever, that you get yourself a decent ($25-40 maybe) microphone. I had on-motherboard sound when I first started, and I thought that was why my recordings were crap. I bought an Audigy ZX 2 and it was still crap: I found out that my microphone (which looked like a professional one) was junk. Getting a Shure PG58 instantly made all the vocals sound 100x better. Heck, besides the computer and a crappy little equalizer, that's the only sound equipment I have.
the sentence "the saint made a miracle" is a shortcut for "the saint prayed to God for one.
...says a lot. Praying for something to happen and causing it to happen are wildly different things, and it seems that the Catholic church is remaking the rules as they go. Same with the "infallibility doctrine." At what point did he become perfect only when he said he was? Originally, he was supposed to be ALWAYS infallible, it seems that was the point of having a Pope to make decisions...
It's an attempt to have one ("perfect") authority so that different priests/diocese don't teach very different ideas about the same thing. Of course. But he was given that authority based on his inherited "perfection" of speech, he was not magically granted that perfection after becoming Pope.
> Why else take such a risk, unless you KNEW something was wrong or being covered up??
You're a fucking nutjob; that's 'why else.' I guess that could fall under "knew," as in "I just know the aliens REALLY are building landing strips for gay martians..."
I love being limited to posting one comment per hour... What happened to testing something before releasing it? Blame Microsoft!
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> I don't believe numbers of priests are declining.
That's one of my issues with the religious. People believe things, and never bother to check whether their belief has any basis in reality. Been on the Internet long? Heard of Google? Been alive long? Heard of statistics? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos063.htm
> The shortage of Roman Catholic priests is expected to continue,
Ah, so there IS a current shortage.
> In recent years, the number of ordained priests has been insufficient to [...] replace priests who retire, die, or leave the priesthood.
Seriously, can't you be bothered to look for one freaking second? You know, just because you don't like what someone has to say, it doesn't mean they are wrong.
Grrr, Slashdot is REALLY pissing me off... > Slashdot requires you to wait 2 minutes between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment. > It's been 56 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment I've been trying to post one fucking message for 30 minutes now, and this shit has been going on for at least two days. This is goddamned annoying.
How, then, do they reconcile the ideas of the inherent sinfulness of humans and the "infallibility" of the Pope? Especially when popes have contradicted each other.
Secondly, one of the requirements to be called a saint is that they had to have performed two miracles. A "normal" person does not perform miracles, only a god.
Yes, the idea of a Pope even EXISTING is against Christ's teachings. And the idea that Peter was the "first pope" is laughable. The thought that someone can become more divine than another person is evil (ie, saints). ESPECIALLY when that status is decided by someone who can change the rules for applying that label. IMO, Catholics are the most deluded, unchristian, organized group of Christians.
On another topic, trying to post, I got this: Slashdot requires you to wait 2 minutes between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment. It's been 29 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment.
> The market for a hot torah couldn't be all that big.
No, not a lot of people want one (or at least want one bad enough). However, those that do want one bad enough may spend LOADS of money to get one, especially anonymously.
Also, I highly doubt someone would sell such an item on EBay -- they most likely have handshake 'connections' they can go through.
> It is VERY uplifting and not "hollow" at all thank you very much.
For you. Great. For a large number (I believe, but no one can prove, the majority), they are there because they were told to go there by their parents, so they just got into the habit. If Catholic mass was such an uplifting and wonderful experience, why are the numbers of priests and nuns declining so extremely rapidly?
> Your image of Pat Robertson representing fiecly religious people,
The difference here is that there is a large number of Christians, a majority even, who DO consider him representative of their 'faith'. The majority of Muslims do NOT consider OBL represenetative of theirs.
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> Kinda like fixing a car, sure you could try on your own, but often the best results are obtained by taking the problem to a professional.
Evidently you didn't know, but THE UTAH GOVERNMENT IS NOT RUN BY COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS!
If these people refuse to learn anything new and still want their traffic filtered, they can pay someone to install software for them. If they don't want to do that and still let their kids on the Internet, they either don't care what the kids see, or they are irresponsible parents, should be sterilized and have their children put into responsible homes. You say, "who are you to judge whether a parent is irresponsible or not?" Who the hell are you (or Utah, for that matter) to make a totally subjective, and exploitable, list of "offensive" websites?
> Animals come right from the factory with a unique ID already encoded into every single cell in their bodies...
Interesting point, but since they've been dead so long, hasn't the DNA been damaged... a bit?
Posted AC because he's helping the terrorists past the crack Puerto Rican Flight screeners!
Cool, If you do find something for Linux, let me know too. I like linux, but have to keep windows for basically just music.
I am currently designing my friend's site, which will eventually be Rhymezilla.com, and my music will end up being hosted there instead of (in addition to?) soundclick. Might be a few months tho... RZ is the one who showed me how to use ACID to begin with.
> You have to admit that eventually though also religion is self correcting too.
WHAT??? Religion is about unchanging absolutes, it is not supposed to change. If your religion is the one true religion ("true" being the key word), how can it have changed at all, even after 2000 years?
> The problem now is finding a dark chocolate Earth...
That's easy. The problem REALLY is getting to the parallel dark-chocolate universe, where the dark-chocolate Earth resides.
Awesome, thanks. I'm glad to know someone has heard my music besides my friends.
:)
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Re: Trip to the Jungle; not a bad idea, I have to rerecord the vocals anyway. They currently sound a little too separate from the song for my tastes, and an effect might smooth it out a bit. It was the second rap I ever wrote (the first being Nook's Rap), so it wasn't my best performance.
I use Sony's ACID Pro 5, which is a looper (maybe it's called a tracker, I forget which is which). I used it to make all the songs there, and once you get used to it, you can make simple stuff real fast. If you heard ABNS, that took me about 5 minutes to make the music... obviously, the lyrics didn't take much longer either
A problem, however, is that you need to find some loops, which can get annoying, especially if you want some instruments, like a sax or trumpet or something. Luckily, ACID has its own MIDI tracker with included instruments, so you can make tunes with that. I'm just not very proficient with MIDI, so I only use a very little bit. Most of the WAVs you can find are whacked-out techno drum loops. If you are willing to throw down a few dollars, there are quite a few loop collections, such as Fruity Loops. If yer a pirate (Arrr), you can find some on P2P. I've heard LimeWire has some of the FruityLoops collections on it. I tried KaZaA with minimal success, so I just bought a couple CDs (they're pretty cheap, less than $10 each and they have a lot of files).
If you want to sound like Atari Teenage Riot, it's the perfect program: just lay some random tracks and set it to 200 beats per minute. It'll be indistinguishable from the real thing.
For effects and editing, I use Cool Edit Pro 4, which is pretty nice sound editor. There's probably something better, but CEP is way more than enough for my needs (except I could do with more FX filters), and the interface is good.
My only big suggestion is that if you plan on singing/whatever, that you get yourself a decent ($25-40 maybe) microphone. I had on-motherboard sound when I first started, and I thought that was why my recordings were crap. I bought an Audigy ZX 2 and it was still crap: I found out that my microphone (which looked like a professional one) was junk. Getting a Shure PG58 instantly made all the vocals sound 100x better. Heck, besides the computer and a crappy little equalizer, that's the only sound equipment I have.
Same fucking thing, "retard."
Yeah, I knew it was a DM song, but the sig is what I remember it from.
I think the statement you made earlier...
It's an attempt to have one ("perfect") authority so that different priests/diocese don't teach very different ideas about the same thing. Of course. But he was given that authority based on his inherited "perfection" of speech, he was not magically granted that perfection after becoming Pope.
> if he were claiming to find proof of Area 51 or something, then he'd be a nut...
;)
Yeah, very nutty. Especially since we already know it's there! If he found proof of aliens at Area 51, that would be an altogether different story.
> Why else take such a risk, unless you KNEW something was wrong or being covered up??
You're a fucking nutjob; that's 'why else.' I guess that could fall under "knew," as in "I just know the aliens REALLY are building landing strips for gay martians..."
I love being limited to posting one comment per hour... What happened to testing something before releasing it? Blame Microsoft!
Slashdot requires you to wait 2 minutes between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
It's been 59 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment
> But the default is that you're not.
OOh, ooh, I know! You're Canadian! I've heard it's legal in Canada, but the U.S. is another story altogether.
The fact that someone can talk to themselves and wonderful things happen to occur soon after, does not make them a saint.
> I don't believe numbers of priests are declining.
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That's one of my issues with the religious. People believe things, and never bother to check whether their belief has any basis in reality. Been on the Internet long? Heard of Google? Been alive long? Heard of statistics? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos063.htm
> The shortage of Roman Catholic priests is expected to continue,
Ah, so there IS a current shortage.
> In recent years, the number of ordained priests has been insufficient to [...] replace priests who retire, die, or leave the priesthood.
And it's not new.
If you want non-US, see this: http://www.futurechurch.org/fpm/cardinals/facts.h
Seriously, can't you be bothered to look for one freaking second? You know, just because you don't like what someone has to say, it doesn't mean they are wrong.
Grrr, Slashdot is REALLY pissing me off...
> Slashdot requires you to wait 2 minutes between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
> It's been 56 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment
I've been trying to post one fucking message for 30 minutes now, and this shit has been going on for at least two days. This is goddamned annoying.
Sweet, I must be a saint! I never knew...
How, then, do they reconcile the ideas of the inherent sinfulness of humans and the "infallibility" of the Pope? Especially when popes have contradicted each other.
Secondly, one of the requirements to be called a saint is that they had to have performed two miracles. A "normal" person does not perform miracles, only a god.
Very good observation!
So lending companies break the laws of thermodynamics... Wonder if those are federal laws...
> looking down your nose at someone different than you is still bigotry.
Looking down your nose at a rapist is still bigotry?
> Do you any problem with that?
Yes, the idea of a Pope even EXISTING is against Christ's teachings. And the idea that Peter was the "first pope" is laughable. The thought that someone can become more divine than another person is evil (ie, saints). ESPECIALLY when that status is decided by someone who can change the rules for applying that label. IMO, Catholics are the most deluded, unchristian, organized group of Christians.
On another topic, trying to post, I got this:
Slashdot requires you to wait 2 minutes between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
It's been 29 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment.
WTF???? This has been going on all day.
> Although we'd love to determine where it came from...some way to track it would be great.
The problem with lost information is that it's lost... forever. It can only be tracked from now on.
> The market for a hot torah couldn't be all that big.
No, not a lot of people want one (or at least want one bad enough). However, those that do want one bad enough may spend LOADS of money to get one, especially anonymously.
Also, I highly doubt someone would sell such an item on EBay -- they most likely have handshake 'connections' they can go through.
> It is VERY uplifting and not "hollow" at all thank you very much.
For you. Great. For a large number (I believe, but no one can prove, the majority), they are there because they were told to go there by their parents, so they just got into the habit. If Catholic mass was such an uplifting and wonderful experience, why are the numbers of priests and nuns declining so extremely rapidly?
> Your image of Pat Robertson representing fiecly religious people,
The difference here is that there is a large number of Christians, a majority even, who DO consider him representative of their 'faith'. The majority of Muslims do NOT consider OBL represenetative of theirs.
> No, this would take an act of Congress. The National Security Agency has no legislative power.
These are the people who think they are above the law... ARE the law. They don't need no steenking permission!